4th Feb 1941 - Death, destruction, heroism and hope.
On the evening of Tuesday February the 4th 1941 a Luftwaffe bomber dropped a ‘large high explosive bomb’ onto Westcliff-on-Sea.
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Charlie Evans
Dec 22, 20203 min
Christmas with a difference - A rollback from facemasks to bomb shelters.
This Christmas will be quite different. Many have suffered the loss of loved ones and livelihoods and we all... click to read more
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Charlie Evans
Oct 20, 20201 min
Commodore John Pelham Champion, Royal Navy
John Champion was born in Derbyshire on the 26th March 1883, and his father was the Reverend Francis Beresford Champion. He joined the...
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Charlie Evans
Oct 12, 20203 min
The Other Churchill…Mad Jack WW2
Mad Jack, who was an extraordinary character fought in WW2 with a sword and a bow and arrow, which he used to great effect
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